Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined words.

Polygamy is very common in Africa, whereas the only acceptable from of marriage in Europe is.....

A. bigamy

B. celibacy

C. polyandry

D. ordination

E. monogamy

The principal wants us to....the motion, so don't oppose it.

A. sustain

B. support

C. defame

D. applaud

E. deride

He denied that he ever.....committing the offence in his earlier statement

A. admitted

B. argued

C. emphasized

D. negated

E. colluded

The brevity of the Guest-of-honour's address contrasts with the ....of the Chairman's opening remarks

A. intensity

B. propensity

C. solidity

D. affinity

E. verbosity

The long trek exhausted him so he needed to rest to ....himself

A. repose

B. remake

C. recuperate

D. replace

E. rejuvenate

The motorists said the splashing of the waters was...not deliberate

A. incidental

B. intentional

C. accidental

D. avoidable

E. unnecessary

One of the aims of the structural adjustment policy is to make us...........rather than consumers

A. parasites

B. developers

C. designers

D. producers

E. founders

The computerized services of the new bank contrast with the ....operations of the old ones

A. mechanical

B. eletrical

C. aerial

D. condensed

E. manual

Tunde says he always looks sober because there is nothing to be ...about

A. serious

B. excited

C. happy

D. witty

E. worried

I felt as if I was in an oven throughout my stay in the sahara, while our room here in Jos is like a .....

A. freezer

B. chimney

C. ventilator

D. furnance

E. delta

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.

The prices of cars have become.....

A. painful

B. unbearable

C. stringent

D. harsh

E. exorbitant

I had ......trust in the boy before he woefully disappointed me

A. essential

B. flagrant

C. absolute

D. effective

E. fruiful

We need to ....our resources in theses hard times

A. squander

B. economize

C. minimize

D. retrench

E. withhold

Ngozi's soothing remarks were made to ....Femi's anger

A. rekindle

B. incense

C. accommodate

D. mollify

E. petrify

The poor boy was ......when he stepped on live wire.

A. blazed

B. electrified

C. radiated

D. burnt

E. electrocuted

The politician ran to another country to seek....

A. refuge

B. safeguard

C. retreat

D. safety

E. privacy

The governor ordered that the work done by any contractor should be properly.......so as to know the correct amount to pay

A. processed

B. investigated

C. accounted

D. probed

The University awarded.....doctorate degrees to four distinguished members of the community

A. honourable

B. expensive

C. ceremonious

D. ceremonial

E. honorary

The students threatened to embark on a ....of lectures if their demands were not met

A. condonation

B. suspension

C. rejection

D. strike

E. boycott

After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations of the sentence is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.

When the striking workers were threatened with dismissal, they decided to make a virtue of necessity. This means that they

A. all resigned

B. continued the strike action

C. had to call off the strike

D. accused some of their collegues of treachery